Guitars 10

From a 2013 "The Current" interview:
"What kind of guitar is it?
It's a... more

From a 2013 "The Current" interview:

"What kind of guitar is it?

It's a 1965 non-reversed Gibson Firebird.

Where did you get it?

That's an interesting story. Ben Lanz, who plays trombone, he and I found it on eBay, covered in stickers and bad neon paint, and it was stripped of its electronics. A Gibson Firebird is a very sought-after vintage instrument. They're difficult to find for less than $6,000 or $7,000. This one, just the wood alone was worth a lot of money. Whoever had it didn't realize it was worth something, so they were selling it for $300. So we bought it because we could tell, based on the neck and a brass electronics plate in there, that it was vintage.

And then I stripped the paint off and found the serial number and it's a 1965, so that was a good return on my investment. It's worth at least 10 times what I paid for it.

We rebuilt it ourselves and put Lollar pickups — they're hand-wound pickups from California — in it. So it's now my main instrument. It's really fun."

According to this [article](https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/The_Nation... more

According to this article, one of Bryce's guitars is a naturally relic'd 1963 Fender Jaguar and unlike other electrics that strung with D'Addario EXL115 set, the Jaguar is strung with D'Addario EXL140 set.

This particular photo was taken when The National performed at Rock the Garden 2019 festival in Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Amplifiers 1

> With the National, he uses a ’71 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (“The mini humbucke... more

With the National, he uses a ’71 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe (“The mini humbuckers on that guitar provide the perfect tone for switching between fingerstyle and lead playing”), a Fender Twin Reverb, a Pro Co Rat, a Klon Centaur, a DigiTech Whammy, a Boss DD-5 Digital Delay, a Boss FV-50H Volume Pedal, and a Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler.